Julia Stiles Actress Bio Wiki Age Height Husband Movies and Net Worth
Julia Stiles is a renowned American actress. She began acting when she was 11 years as part of New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. In 1996, she had her first film debut with a small role in I Love You, I Love You Not. She then had a lead role in Wicked and she earned the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Moreover, she rose to prominence acting in 10 Things I Hate About You, Down to You, and Save the Last Dance.
Since her acting career, she has recieved an NBR Award, a CFCA Award, a Gold Derby Award, a Teen Choice Award, and two MTV Movie Awards, as well as Satellite Award, Gotham Award, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award nominations. Stiles transitioned to adult roles with films such as The Business of Strangers, Mona Lisa Smile, and The Omen. Furthermore, her film credits include A Guy Thing, Carolina, The Prince & Me, Edmond, A Little Trip to Heaven, and The Cry of the Owl among others.
In 2010, she played Lumen Pierce on the fifth season of Dexter receiving nominations for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress. Stiles appeared in the web series Blue earning two IAWTV Awards for Best Actress from 2012 to 2014. In addition, she currently stars in the Amazon series The Lake since 2022.
She was born onMarch 28, 1981, in New York City, New York, in theUnited States. Stiles is42 years old.
She is a woman of tall stature and stands at a height of5 ft 8 in(Approx. 1.76 m).
She was born to her father and mother in New York City, New York, in the United States. Stiles is the daughter ofJudith Newcomb Stiles, a Greenwich Village artist, andJohn O’Hara, an elementary school teacher. She grew up withJohn JuniorandJane(a fellow actress). She holds an American nationality and is of English, Irish, and Italian descent. Stiles began acting at the age of 11 performing with New York’s La MaMa Theatre Company.
She married her handsome husband camera assistant Preston J. Cook in September 2017. Stiles announced she was engaged on January 3, 2016, toPrestonwith whom she worked on Blackway. They welcomed their sonStrummer Newcomb Cookon October 20, 2017. She then announced on Instagram that she had given birth to a boy namedArloin January 2022.
From 2011 to 2015, she and actorDavid Harbourwere in a relationship. Also, she worked for Habitat for Humanity, building housing in Costa Rica and with Amnesty International to raise awareness of the harsh conditions of immigration detention of unaccompanied juveniles. She is a former vegan, occasionally eating red meat, and says she gave up veganism after she developed anemia and found it difficult to get proper nutrition while traveling.
She graduated with her high school diploma from a local high school in New York City. Stiles then graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English literature in 2005. During her tenure in college, she dated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the two lived in John Jay Hall. She received a John Jay Award, an annual honorary award given to five alumni by the Columbia College Alumni Association for professional achievements in 2010.
She has appeared in several tv shows including:
Stiles played Lumen Pierce on the fifth season of Dexter appearing in 10 episodes in 2010. The tv series is a crime drama series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013, and centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, and leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down murderers who have not been adequately punished by the justice system due to corruption or legal technicalities.
She had a lead role in the 1999 teen romantic comedy film, 10 Things I Hate About You as Katarina “Kat” Stratford. Katarina is an antisocial, shrewish elder Stratford sister. The film follows new student Cameron who is smitten with Bianca and, in order to get around her father’s strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick to date Bianca’s antisocial sister, Kat.
She starred as Sara Johnson in a 2001 American teen dance film, Save the Last Dance. She co-stars with Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help Stiles’ character train for a Juilliard School dance audition.
She starred in the 2022 American psychological horror film, Orphan as Tricia Albright. The film is a sequel to the 2009 film Orphan.
She had a lead role in Wicked playing a teenage girl who might have murdered her mother so she could have her father all to herself. The film follows 14-years old Christianson who lives in an affluent neighborhood with her parents, Karen and Ben, and younger sister, Inger.
Stiles resides with her husband and two children in Manhattan. However, she has kept details regarding her current house away from the public. On August 20, 2014, she sold her duplex condo in New York for $2,700,000. The house sits on 2,081 square feet, with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
Stiles and Joseph dated during the 1999 teen romantic comedy film, 10 Things I Hate About You. However, it is said that the young actors dated “for a minute or 10,” adding that “it was beautiful how much they enjoyed each other.”
Stiles played a Wisconsin college student who is swept off her feet by a Danish prince, played by Luke Mably, in The Prince and Me in 2004. The film is about Paige Morgan, a pre-med college student in Wisconsin, who is pursued by a Danish prince posing as an ordinary college student.
Heath Ledger is an Australian actor and music video director. He moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career further and worked on The Patriot, A Knight’s Tale, Monster’s Ball, and Lords of Dogtown among others. Ledger died on January 22, 2008, as a result of an accidental overdose of medications. Stiles was shocked after she had the death of Ledger. Before the two played together in 10 Things I Hate About You. She also revealed that she and Ledger didn’t stay in touch after they wrapped up the film.
She has attained decent fortune working as an actress. Stiles’s net worth is$12 Million.
Stiles is42 years oldborn onMarch 28, 1981,in New York City, New York, in the United States.
Stiles is a renowned American actress. She began acting when she was 11 years as part of New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. In 1996, she had her first film debut with a small role in I Love You, I Love You Not. She then had a lead role in Wicked and she earned the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Moreover, she rose to prominence acting in 10 Things I Hate About You, Down to You, and Save the Last Dance.
She had taken some time off to take care of her son who was born in January 2022. As of December 5, 2022, she has recovered after giving birth to her second child and has found a happy balance of family life and work life.
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